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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 24
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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine Number 24, 1944 01 The Sergeant Shows Em How : Short film about the construction of U.S. Army training aids, including a mock German town and an oversize carburetor. 02 A Few Quick Facts : Short animated film that illustrates various statistics about the war. Includes a cameo from Private Snafu re: diarrhea. 03 Attack On The Marshalls : Short film about the USMC invasion of the Marshall Islands. The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 24 1944: the entire newsreel. The Army-Navy Screen Magazine was produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps Pictorial Service, under the supervision of Col. Frank Capra, who came up with the idea. It was released twice a month and shown to military troops as a 20-minute newsreel. " By the end of the war, the Army-Navy Screen Magazine reached an enormous weekly audience of 4.2 million. It had become for American soldiers all over the world a communal experience that greatly influenced their perception of the war. " It featured short documentary films, news from back home, and short training films like Dr. Seuss' Private Snafu cartoons. I've uploaded the entire Screen Magazine and also each segment as a separate file (some editions are co…
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United States. Army Signal Corps’ Army Pictorial Service
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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine, United States. -- Marine Corps -- Marines, 4th -- History, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Marshall Islands, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons, US Army, WWII, US Marines, World War II: Homefront
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